MANSFIELD – It will be next year before Nate Summerfield stands trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Lynn Jackenheimer.

In a motion hearing Monday in Dare County, N.C., the first-degree murder trial was set for Feb. 2, 2015, according to assigned prosecutor H. P. Williams. The case will be presented before Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett.

Parties met Monday to review 30 motions filed by Summerfield's lawyer, but only the first three were heard: A motion ensuring all proceedings are recorded, and two others requesting all 30 motions be heard in pre-trial hearing and by Tillett. All were approved, Williams said.

A hearing on the remaining 27 motions was postponed to Dec. 8.

Summerfield is accused of killing Jackenheimer while they were vacationing in the Outer Banks with their 3-year-old son and Jackenheimer's 13-year-old daughter. Summerfield returned to Ashland with the two children on July 4, but Jackenheimer was not with them.

Summerfield's brother called police to say Summerfield told him he had strangled the woman. Weeks later, her body was found in a cul de sac in Frisco, N.C., about 30 minutes from the vacation home the pair had rented.

Summerfield was present for Monday's hearing, as were some members of Jackenheimer's family, Williams said. The judge asked Summerfield if he had any questions, to which he replied no, Williams said.